In FAR OUT: 101 Strange Tales From Science's Outer Edge Mark Pilkington charts some of the more curious byways, scenic detours, and inspired failures of scientists, inventors, and, yes, crackpots, over the past few hundred years.Check out the excerpt below or on Scribd.com
A young professor has used her favorite childhood toy, a laser printer, and a toaster oven to make microfluidic devices - tiny computer chips with plumbing that are usually fabricated
Scientists announce the discovery of the world's most intact dinosaur mummy -- a 67-million-year-old plant-eater that contains fossilized bones and skin tissue, and possibly muscle and organs.
Scientists in Norway have unearthed the remains of a prehistoric sea reptile previously unidentified by researchers. University of Oslo researchers found new teeth, skull fragments, and vertebrae on the Svalbard